SimpleMapCreator vs Mapbox Studio Preview
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpleMapCreator
Create simple maps with basic shapes, lines, and text. Customize object colors and save your creations to your device or share them on social media. Features undo/redo functionality and image import.
- Create maps with lines, squares, and circles
- Add traffic lights and orientation marks
- Insert text with 6 color options
- Undo/redo up to 5 actions
- Import images from camera roll
- Save maps to camera roll or share on Facebook
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This app is an application for creating simple map (map abbreviation). A simple straight line, square, circle, traffic lights mark, text only, It is an application that specializes in creating a simple map to be represented. You can write it, it will be the following objects. · Line (3 types) · Line image (2 types) · Square (filled square, white rectangle) · Circle (Open, fill, double circle) · Traffic Lights Mark · Orientation mark · Text The color of each object, 6 colors can only be. (Black, gray, red, yellow, blue, white) Undo, redo it, 5 times to have become possible. Image reading from camera roll. You can store the created map in the camera roll or post it to Facebook.
Mapbox Studio Preview
This app allows you to preview custom maps designed on your desktop using Mapbox Studio directly on your iPhone or iPad. Explore default map styles or view your own personalized creations on the go.
- Preview custom maps on mobile
- Supports Mapbox Studio designs
- View default map styles
- Log in to view personal styles
- Prototyping tool for map data
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Mapbox Studio Preview lets you preview your Mapbox maps on your iPhone and iPad. Design beautiful custom maps using Mapbox Studio on your desktop (studio.mapbox.com), then take your maps with you with Studio Preview. Prototype maps and data visualizations in Studio on the web and get a live preview on mobile. Try out the Mapbox default map styles like Standard, Streets, Outdoors, and Satellite, or log in to your Mapbox account and view all of your custom Mapbox Studio styles on your device. === About Mapbox Mapbox creates building blocks for mobile developers to add beautiful maps and location services to their mobile applications. Companies like Pinterest, Lonely Planet, Snap, The Weather Channel, Under Armour, Human, GitHub, CNN and National Geographic use our tools to create beautiful maps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mapbox Studio Preview at weekly against SimpleMapCreator's every 3 months. Mapbox Studio Preview also leads on ratings volume (32 vs 5). SimpleMapCreator's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SimpleMapCreator holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mapbox Studio Preview has 32 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of SimpleMapCreator's written reviews are positive against 54% of Mapbox Studio Preview's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SimpleMapCreator ships an update every 3 months, Mapbox Studio Preview weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpleMapCreator | Mapbox Studio Preview |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (5 ratings) — better | 3.6 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 48.5% of reviews | 53.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 32 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seiji Nagano | Mapbox, Inc. |
Customer experience
SimpleMapCreator
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In-app purchases
SimpleMapCreator
No in-app purchases
Mapbox Studio Preview
No in-app purchases
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